New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch programKaty Murphy
The aim is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that provides breakfasts to more than 15 million students and lunches to nearly 30 million students every dayat a cost ofabout $22.6 billion per year. “All of this is design...
The new rules would be one of many recent changes to the school lunch program to make foods healthier. Nutritional guidelines for the subsidized lunches were revised last year and put in place last fall. The 2010 child nutrition law also provided more money for schools to serve free and reduc...
USDA school lunch changes: What's on the menu? The guidelines limit caloric intake based on age, to ensure proper portion size. Tuesday: Before: Hot dog on bun (3 oz) with ketchup (4 tbsp.) Canned pears (1/4 cup) Raw celery and carrots (1/8 cup each) with ranch dressing (1.75 ...
The USDA dietary guidelines are released every five years and provide science-based advice on food and drinks that promote health and prevent disease. They are used to develop the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In...
The government's dietary guidelines affect everything from food labeling to the national school lunch program, which serves more than 30 million kids every day. For the first time, the government added recommended limits on sugar, but Professor Nestle said pressure from the food industry ha...
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A good school lunch is just as important as a good textbook,Sanders said He said that children also need to learn about healthy foods. The USDA is working on a new program—Fresh Start. It will give schools more fresh fruits and vegetables. Fresh Start will also help schools change their...
Mike Sanders,in charge of the USDA in 2008,said the USDA should teach school workers how to make healthier lunches.“A good school lunch is just as important as a good textbook,”Sanders said.He said that children also need to learn about healthy foods. ...
FILE - Second-grade students select their meals during their lunch break in the cafeteria, Dec. 12, 2022, at an elementary school in Scottsdale, Ariz. The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. ...